Individual Details
Virginia Alice Shepherd
(2 Apr 1911 - 10 Aug 1986)
On the 1930 U. S. Census of North East, Cecil Co., Maryland Virginia is in the household of her mother with her siblings. Virginia is working in a drug store as a clerk.
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, August 26, 1939, Page 7: Temperance Playlet Prepared. Special to the The Morning News. North East, Md., Aug. 25---A temperance playlet written by Mrs. Chance of Richardson Park, Del, will be given in the Methodist Episcopal Church, here, Sunday evening. Those taking part include Mrs. Chance, Mrs. Flora England, Mrs. Lucille Shepherd, Miss Joy Grant, Miss Marie Rhudy, and Miss Virginia Shepard [Shepherd].
Obituary from the Cecil Whig, at Cecil Maryland, August 13, 1986: Virginia A. Shepherd, of North East, a retired Du Pont Co., credit department supervisor, died of an apparent heart attack Aug. 10, 1986 in Union Hospital. She was 75. Miss Shepherd was born in West Virginia April 2, 1911. She worked in the credit department of the Du Pont Co., in Wilmington, Del. for 25 years. She was supervisor of the department for more than 10 years before retiring around 1976. She lived in the county most of her life. Survivors include her brother, James E., and a sister, Georgia Biddle, both of North East. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 13 in the Crouch Funeral Home, 127 S. Main St., North East. The Rev. Norma O. Bailey of St. John's United Methodist Church, Charlestown, will officiate. Burial will be in the North East Methodist Cemetery.
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, August 26, 1939, Page 7: Temperance Playlet Prepared. Special to the The Morning News. North East, Md., Aug. 25---A temperance playlet written by Mrs. Chance of Richardson Park, Del, will be given in the Methodist Episcopal Church, here, Sunday evening. Those taking part include Mrs. Chance, Mrs. Flora England, Mrs. Lucille Shepherd, Miss Joy Grant, Miss Marie Rhudy, and Miss Virginia Shepard [Shepherd].
Obituary from the Cecil Whig, at Cecil Maryland, August 13, 1986: Virginia A. Shepherd, of North East, a retired Du Pont Co., credit department supervisor, died of an apparent heart attack Aug. 10, 1986 in Union Hospital. She was 75. Miss Shepherd was born in West Virginia April 2, 1911. She worked in the credit department of the Du Pont Co., in Wilmington, Del. for 25 years. She was supervisor of the department for more than 10 years before retiring around 1976. She lived in the county most of her life. Survivors include her brother, James E., and a sister, Georgia Biddle, both of North East. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 13 in the Crouch Funeral Home, 127 S. Main St., North East. The Rev. Norma O. Bailey of St. John's United Methodist Church, Charlestown, will officiate. Burial will be in the North East Methodist Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 2 Apr 1911 | Coopers, Mercer Co., West Virginia |  | ||
| Death | 10 Aug 1986 | North East, Cecil Co., Maryland | | ||
| Burial | North East United Methodist Cemetery, North East, Cecil Co., Maryland | |
Families
| Father | William Floyd Shepherd (1882 - 1956) |
| Mother | Sarah "Lucile" Hays (1885 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Sarah Vesta Shepherd (1902 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Richard Earl Shepherd (1904 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Roy Clyde Shepherd (1906 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Georgia May Shepherd (1908 - 2001) |
| Sibling | William " Bruce" Shepherd (1913 - 1938) |
| Sibling | James Edward Shepherd (1916 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Charles Woodrow Shepherd (1920 - 1943) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Social Security Death Index.
3. Phone conversation with Rudy Cliff, caretaker of North East United Methodist Cemetery.